The banner's design is inspired frae the stanudart o Emir Abdel Kadir in the 19t century whilk consist o twa equal vertical baunds, green an white, as weel as bein inspired frae the banner o the Algerian Regency frae the 16t tae the 19t century, that consistit o a white crescent an starn on a reid backgrund (the same as the modren banner o Turkey; the Algerian Regency wis an autonomous member state o the Ottoman Empire). Housomeivver, for the maist pairt its history is unclear. It is forbye believed tae be based on a banner creatit in 1928 bi Messali Hadj, a naitionalist leader. White, green an reid, alang wi the starn an crescent, haes been uised historically in Islamic kintras.

The Wastren blazon is per pale Vert an Argent; a crescent an starn Gules.

Unalike mony African banners, the features o the banner is set doun preceese, bein describit as:

a green an white rectangle embossed bi a reid starn an a reid crescent ... the green maun be a composition o equal yellae an blae haein [wi] a wavelength o 5.411 an the position 600 on the normal spectre. The reid maun be pure, o primary indecomposable colour, an exemp o blae an yellae, [wi] a wavelength o 6.562 an the position 285 on the normal spectre.[1]